The Garbage Man wrote:I believe after the main villain of the arc ripped out Spider-Man's eye, Parker ate his head. Pete then proceeded to "die" by placing himself in a cocoon before emerging and shedding his skin, finding himself completely healed of all past and present injuries.

This is so utterly stupid I can hardly find words for it. What's next, reintroducing the Spider-Mobile for "My Killer, The Car II - This Time It's StarkTechnical"? And I see he's shooting webs out of the backs of his hands again. Jesus Christ!

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DennisMM wrote: I remember Iron Man's helmet with a nose! The shoulder-pad years! The silver and red suit! Built-in roller skates! When he relinquished his Tony identity and built a new suit from parts he bought on the electronics market!

Maybe you'll remember, Dennis...Web of Spider-Man #100, right? The "Spider-Armor" that lasted all of ONE ISSUE...before...I think Doc Ock smashed it apart...

Where did Peter get that ugly piece o' shit from? I can't remember. Like it matters, but it's one of those things that'll bug me...

I saw the book in passing but wasn't reading Spider-titles at the time. Here's a nice link to a review of the piece of shit.

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Thanks! You're a god, brotha. You didn't have to go to this trouble; I thought you (or someone on the thread) might just remember it off the top of yer head. Comic fans remember the strangest details about other people's (fictional) lives, right?

I was thinking Reed Richards built it for him, but that was something else. Peter built the (HA!) Spider-Armor himself. Jeez, no WONDER I forgot...that really WAS a bad issue...

buster00 wrote:Thanks! You're a god, brotha. You didn't have to go to this trouble; I thought you (or someone on the thread) might just remember it off the top of yer head. Comic fans remember the strangest details about other people's (fictional) lives, right?

I was thinking Reed Richards built it for him, but that was something else. Peter built the (HA!) Spider-Armor himself. Jeez, no WONDER I forgot...that really WAS a bad issue...

It only took about twenty minutes, and most of that was me reeling at the damned thing and reading the review. Somebody was offering a CGC 10.0 copy for over three grand.

Interesting, isn't it, that a tinkerer like Peter Parker could build that armor?

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I actually sort of like the design but the story sounds less than stellar and as a general guideline in life I don't like "revamps"......Though Spidey is probably the only character I can think of with sooo many different outift changes over the years and one the (black) that the fans generally seem to like aside from the original design.

Well, the last issue I read was the second most recent (Amazing Spider-Man 527, The Other part 9 of 12), and apparently Peter just awoke from the dead, having shed his old skin "as a spider does once in its lifetime." He looks just the same, but we're left to debate if what remains is, in actuality, "the man who dreamed of being a spider" or "the spider who dreamed of being a man" . . . sort of a fight of that duality within him that I don't think even he knows who the victor was.

DennisMM wrote:Yeah! I noticed that too. The other sketch showed back-of-the-hand web shooters.

Right. Maybe it will vary depending on who is drawing this angel-killing crime against nature.

This one was drawn by Bryan Hitch, who I'm not all that familiar with . . . regardless, it's crap. I'm not renewing my subscription if this is permanent. He looks like some kid took an old action figure, melted random pieces of it with a lighter, and then dipped it in a vat of molten jello. Utter C R A P

I am so glad I'm not alone on this. That costume really was one the best reinterpretations of a classic costume ever pulled off. It kept the original spirit of the costume while giving it a slight updating in style. In fact, it was so good, I think we should post another picture of it to counter act the craptacular Iron Spider.

DennisMM wrote:Yeah! I noticed that too. The other sketch showed back-of-the-hand web shooters.

Right. Maybe it will vary depending on who is drawing this angel-killing crime against nature.

This one was drawn by Bryan Hitch, who I'm not all that familiar with . . . regardless, it's crap. I'm not renewing my subscription if this is permanent. He looks like some kid took an old action figure, melted random pieces of it with a lighter, and then dipped it in a vat of molten jello. Utter C R A P

it won't last, tho... i've been enjoying spidey lately, it's a lot better than it was... i dropped out around the ben reilly fiasco (i liked the costume, just not the whole clone... thing), then came back and they had killed of mj and it was shit, and now that i've been reading for about a year, i gotta say it's better than it's been...

I am so glad I'm not alone on this. That costume really was one the best reinterpretations of a classic costume ever pulled off. It kept the original spirit of the costume while giving it a slight updating in style. In fact, it was so good, I think we should post another picture of it to counter act the craptacular Iron Spider.

I am so glad I'm not alone on this. That costume really was one the best reinterpretations of a classic costume ever pulled off. It kept the original spirit of the costume while giving it a slight updating in style. In fact, it was so good, I think we should post another picture of it to counter act the craptacular Iron Spider.

Yeah. That makes me feel better.

That costume was great. About the only good thing to come out of the Clone Saga. Of course they ditched it.

Bryan Hitch is a very solid artist. The wandering ankle confuses me, as his anatomy is usually strong. He's probably trying to ape the super-distorted figures seen in Spider-books these last 15 or so years.

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It's still uber-XXXTreme edgy! I say get Warren Ellis on board now. This design is perfect for him. They just need to put spidey in a trenchcoat with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and stubble somehow poking through the mask!

That'll get the kids on board! And Warren Ellis, a 40 year old balding man, knows what the kids want!

So Spider-Man now has stingers that come out of his wrist/arms? I haven't seen any pics of this, but it sounds to me like Marvel finally found a way to literally put Wolverine in everything...apparently even Spidey.